Agenda: 1st Canadian Wheat Symposium Nov. 30 – Dec. 2 2011
 Wednesday Nov. 30
12:00-13:00 – Lunch – Delta Ballroom – provided for 1st CWS registrants
13:00-14:30 – Plenary Session – Chairs: Brent McCallum and Ron DePauw
 13:00-13:10 Dr. Brent McCallum – AAFC-CRC
Welcome and Introduction
 13:10-13:50 Dr. Ron DePauw – AAFC-SPARC
“Canadian Triticologists”
 13:50-14:30 Dr. Gary Martens – University of Manitoba, Dept. of Plant Science
“Canadian Wheat Pioneers”
14:30-15:00 – Coffee Break
15:00-16:30 – The Future Outlook for Wheat Development in Canada – Chair: Mark Jordan
 15:00-15:30 Dr. Stephen Fox – AAFC-CRC
“The Future of Publicly Funded Wheat Development in Canada.”
 15:30-16:00 Mr. Norm Dreger – Syngenta
“The Future of Corporate Wheat Development in Canada.”
 16:00-16:30 Dr. Viktoriya Galushko – University of Regina
“Public/Private Partnerships in the Context of Wheat Development in Canada.”
16:30-18:30 – Poster Session and Opening Reception
 Thursday Dec. 1
7:00-8:30 – Breakfast buffet provided
8:30-10:00 – Wheat health issues – Chairs: Gavin Humphreys and Nancy Edwards
 8:30-9:00
 9:00-9:30
 9:30-10:00
Dr. Carla Taylor, Professor, University of Manitoba, Dept. of Human Nutrition
“Human health issues and wheat.”
Dr. Susan Altenbach, Research Biologist, USDA-ARS, Western Region Research
Centre (Crop Improvement and Utilization), Albany, CA, USA.
“Characterization of wheat proteins responsible for allergies and food
intolerances.”
Dr. Nancy Ames – AAFC-CRC
“The Goodness of Wheat: Facts on Health Benefits of Wheat. ”
10:00-10:30 – Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 – Agronomy – Chairs: Martin Entz and Guy Lafond
 10:30-11:00 Dr. Guy Lafond – AAFC-Indianhead
“Precision Farming with Real-Time Optical Sensors: Getting the wheat plant to
tell us about its growth potential as a function of spatial and temporal
conditions.”
 11:00-11:30 Mr. Lee Moats – Riceton, SK – Wheat producer
"A producer's prospective of no-till wheat production in western Canada."
 11:30-12:00 Dr. Fabian Menalled – Montana State University
“Assessing the ecological basis of a multi-pest approach to management of
wheat-fallow systems.”
12:00-13:00 – Lunch – Delta Ballroom
13:00-14:30 – Genomics and Genetics – Chairs: Curt McCartney and Curtis Pozniak
 13:00-13:30 Dr. Eduard Akhunov – Kansas State University
“High-throughput approaches to genome-wide analysis of genetic variation in
polyploid wheat”
 13:30-13:50 Dr. Curt McCartney – AAFC-CRC
“Overview and Progress on the CTAG Project.”
 13:50-14:10 Dr. Francois Eudes – AAFC-LRC
“Plant Organelle Transfection Using Cell Penetrating Peptide.”
 14:10-14:30 Dr. Colin Hiebert – AAFC-CRC
“An Alternative Approach for Identifying the Chromosome Location of New
Genes”
14:30-15:00 – Coffee Break
15:00-17:00 – Biotic Stress I – Chair: Tom Fetch
 15:00-15:30 Dr. Gene Milus –University of Arkansas
“Epidemiology and management of wheat stripe rust in North America.”
 15:30-16:00 Dr. Brian Beres – AAFC-LRC
“Integrating the building blocks of agronomy and biocontrol into an IPM
strategy for wheat stem sawfly.”
 16:00-16:20 Mr. Ian Wise – AAFC-CRC
“The development and deployment of genetic resistance to the orange
blossom wheat midge.”
 16:20-16:40 Ms. Silvia Barcellos Rosa – AAFC-CRC and University of Manitoba
“Chromosomal locations for leaf rust resistance genes in Toropi”
 16:40-17:00 Dr. Andre Comeau – AAFC- CRDSGC
“The systemic approach : faster genetic progress for complex goals.”
17:00-18:00 – Poster Session II Happy Hour
 Friday Dec. 2
7:00-8:30 – Breakfast buffet provided
8:30-10:00 – Abiotic Stress – Chairs: Brian Fowler and Colin Hiebert
 8:30-9:00
 9:00-9:20
 9:20-9:40
Dr. Gavin Humphreys – AAFC-CRC
“Weathering and pre-harvest sprouting resistance.”
Dr. Natalia Bykova – Memorial University
“Differential redox proteomic analysis of pre-harvest sprouting tolerance.”
Dr. Monica Båga – Department of Plant Science, University of Saskatchewan
”Analysis of traits associated with winter-survival in winter wheat (Triticum
aestivum).”
9:40-10:00 – Biotic Stress II – Chair: Colin Hiebert
 9:40-10:00
Dr. George Fedak – AAFC-ECORC
“Screening of Cytogenetic Stocks for Resistance to Ug99”
10:00-10:30 – Coffee Break
10:30-11:30 – Economics – Chair: Julian Thomas
 10:30-11:00 Mr. Michael Reimer – Canadian International Grains Institute
“Markets and end use characteristics for Canadian Wheat.”
 11:00-11:30 Dr. Julian Thomas – AAFC-CRC
“Yield and economic potential of western wheat classes.”
11:30-11:55 – Conference Summary and Wrap-up:
George Fedak ECORC-AAFC and Ron Knox SPARC-AAFC.
11:55-12:00 – Symposium conclusion:
Brent McCallum